Medicine-injector for veterinary purposes.



PATENTED JUNE 23, -1908.

` c. WEERT. MEDIGINE'INJEGTOR EoR VETERINARY PURPOSES.

APPLICATION FILED APB.B.1908.

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UNITED sTATEs PATENT oEEroE.

CHARLES WUEST, OF JAMAICA, NEW YORK, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-HALF TO MINNIE L.WILKENING, OF lIAMAICA, NEW YORK. .Y

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented .Tune 23, 1908.

Application filed April 3, 1908. `Serial No. 424,876.

To all whom t may concern.'

Be it known that I, CHARLES WUEsT, a citizen of the United States,residing at J amaica, Queens county, State of New York,

have invented certain new and useful Im` provements inMedicine-Injectors for Veterinary Purposes, of which the following is aclear, full, and exact description.

This invention relates to a medicine injector for veterinary purposes,in other words my improved device resembles a halter having a partiallyhollow bit and is adapted to facilitate the administering of medicine'to cattle, particularly horses, of a yfractions/or spirited' nature. Y

With the aid of my improved injector, medicine can be administered tohorses and cattle without having to use force, thereby causing pain.

To these and other ends which will hereinafter appear, my inventioncomprises the novel features of improvement and combination andarrangement of parts which I will now proceed to describe and finallyclaim, reference being had to the accompanying drawing, forming parthereof, wherein:-

Figure 1illustrates the manner of using my improved device; Fig. 2 is anenlarged vertical central sectional detail view of the medicineinjecting device, the loop attached thereto for the purpose of aiding inraising the animals head being shown in elevation and partly in section;Fig. 3 is an enlarged cross-sectional detail view, taken on a line a-ain Fig. 2 of the bit-portion of the device; Fig. 4 is an enlargedfragmentary detail view of the loop, looking from the right in Fig. 2,and shows the manner of attaching one of the halter straps thereto; andFig. 5 is a similar view looking from the left in Fig. 2, the valvebeing omitted.

Referring to the drawing, Fig. 1 illustrates the manner of using thedevice, which is as follows: To administer medicine to' an animal, Iplace the bit 1 (Fig. 2) in the animals mouth, in the usual manner, andpass the halter 2 (Fig. 1) over the animals head and allow it to rest onthe neck as shown. By means of the buckle 3, I tighten the halter 2 tobring the bit 1 to the back of the animals mouth. I then attach one endof a cable 4, which passes over sheaves 5, which in turn are secured tothe ceiling of. a stable, for in,- stance, to the loop 6 of t einjector. I then pull the ring 7, for instance, downwardly and draw theanimals head up, as shown in Fig. 1. As can be seen in Fig. 2, the bit 1has attached thereto the loop 6, which in turn has attached thereto aneye 8 adapted to receive one end of the cable 4. One side 9 of the loop6, is in this instance, riveted to the bit 1, as at 10, the other side11 being adapted to fit over the threaded lug l2 on the bit 1 and heldin position by a fitting 13 which is adapted to engage the threads ofthe said lug 12. The side 9 of the loop 6 and the iitting 13 larefeachprovided with eyes 14 which are adapted to receive one end of each strapwhich comprises the halter 2 (see Figs. 4 and 5), the ends of saidstraps being secured in the eyes 14 in any suitable manner.

The bit 1 is provided with a bore 15 having an outlet 16. The fitting 13has a bore v17 adapted to communicate with the bore 15 in the bit 1. Thebore 17, in the fitting 13, has in communication therewith an opening18, which in turn communicates with a raduated medicine receptacle 19,preferabgly of glass, the said receptacle being secured in said fittingin any desirable manner. clude dirt, also to prevent the medicine fromspilling, I preferably provide the receptacle 19, at the top thereof,with a hinged cover 2O having a latching device 21 (see Fig. 1). The iowof medicine from the receptacle 19 is controlled by a stop-cock valve 22having a lug 23 adapted to close the opening 18.

After the animals head has been raised, in a manner hereinbeforedescribed, the recep tacle 19 having first been charged With the properamount of medicine, the stop-cock valve 22 is manipulated to allow themedicine to flow from the receptacle 19 into the bores 15 and 17, thencethrough the outlet 16 into the animals throat. The graduations 24 on thereceptacle 19 represent ounces or any other form of measurement. Bygraduating the receptacle 19, I am able to dispense the medicine in thereceptacle in proper proportions.

By raising the animals head the medicine will flow down its throat bygravity. In most cases the animal can be led to the cable 4, which ispreferably hung near the'stall, and the injector placed in its mouth,after which the head can be raised. In the event of the animal beingspirited, I back it into the stall .and then adjust the injector. If theTo eX-h animal rebels it naturally backs, but cannot get away owing tothe presence of the manger. The halter 2 keeps the bit of the injectorin place; consequently after having once placed the injector in placethere is nothing that the animal can do to prevent the administering ofthe medicine.

l do not limit myself to the precise construction herein illustrated, asmy improved device can be embodied in various forms.

Having now described my invention, what I claim and desire to secure byLetters Patent is:

l. A medicine injecting device, adapted for veterinary purposes,comprising a bit having a bore and an outlet therefrom, said bit beingrovided on one end thereof with a threaded ing, a loop having one of itssides, or members riveted to one end of said bit, the other side, ormember, having an opening adapted to pass over said lug, a fittingadapted to engage the threads of said lug and hold the last named sideof the loop in position, a medicine receptacle carried by said fitting,

said receptacle being in communication with the bore of said bit.

2. A medicine injecting device, adapted for veterinary purposes,comprising a bit having a bore and an outlet therefrom, said bit beingrovided onone end thereof with a threaded ug, a loop having one of itssides, or members riveted to one end of said bit, the other side, ormember, having an opening adapted to pass over said lug, a iittingadapted to engage the threads of said lug and hold the last named sideof the loop in position, said fitting being provided with a bore ada tedto aline with the bore of said bit, a va ve in said bore, and a medicinerece tacle carried by said fitting, said receptac e being incommunication with the bore of said fitting.

Signed at New York city, N. Y., this 2nd day of April, 1908.

CHARLES VUEST.

